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The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for Sept. 26, 2025.
Mini across clues and answers
1A clue: What this clue is in
Answer: BOLD
5A clue: Rowing sport
Answer: CREW
6A clue: Businesses where the tongue-twisted might order a 1-Across/5-Across?
Answer: CAFES
8A clue: ___ Bunny, “Space Jam” character
Answer: LOLA
9A clue: End of a cigarette
Answer: BUTT
Mini down clues and answers
1D clue: Include secretly, as on an email
Answer: BCC
2D clue: Toothbrush brand
Answer: ORALB
3D clue: Gaston’s sidekick in “Beauty and the Beast” (French for “the fool”)
Answer: LEFOU
4D clue: Resided (in)
Answer: DWELT
7D clue: Took a chair
Answer: SAT
